Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

MURAconnect; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

MURAconnect is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Project Manager in Australia to lead an initial greenfield infrastructure build within a multi-vendor environment. You will own end-to-end delivery from architecture planning through to handover, coordinating vendors, security resources and operations teams to minimise disruption to live services.

The role emphasizes governance, financial oversight and risk management across Phase 1, with a focus on delivering critical infrastructure capabilities

Qualifications

• A recognised project management qualification such as PMP or PRINCE2 Practitioner.
• Experience leading complex ICT infrastructure projects across data centres, servers, storage, networking, identity, cloud or enterprise platforms.
• Delivering multi-vendor infrastructure programs with budgets around the shown scale.
• Strong commercial and financial management, including SOWs, budgeting, forecasting and procurement dependencies.
• Proven capability in planning, governance, risk/issue management and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program delivery with scope, schedule, budget, resources and risk oversight.
• Drive Architecture Plan and Roadmap discovery and validation with the Senior Solution Architect.
• Coordinate SOWs across architecture, design and phase work packages.
• Oversee infrastructure design and delivery spanning servers, storage, IAM, DNS/DHCP, networks and security.
• Coordinate technical teams and vendors to align designs with program outcomes.
• Manage financial performance, reporting and variations against baselines.
• Implement RAID management, status reporting and change control.
• Coordinate change approvals, releases and reset activities affecting live services.
• Drive operational readiness, training, documentation and handover for Phase 1.
• Ensure compliance and scope discipline with security and delivery evidence.

Skills

PMP/PRINCE2

Stakeholder management

Multi-vendor management

Financial management

Risk and issue management

Education

Project management certification (PMP/PRINCE2)

Tools

ServiceNow

Dynamics 365

Active Directory

Infoblox

Splunk On-Call

Job description

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Project Manager to lead the first phase of a major infrastructure separation and transformation program within the utilities sector. This is a high-impact opportunity to lead the establishment of an independent, client-controlled infrastructure environment, delivering critical infrastructure capabilities within a complex, multi-vendor enterprise environment. Phase 1 involves a greenfield infrastructure build running in parallel with existing production services, followed by a carefully managed, phased transition to the new environment. You will take ownership of end-to-end delivery, from initial architecture planning and scope validation through to design, implementation, operational readiness and handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program delivery: Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, quality and reporting to achieve Phase 1 delivery milestones.
• Drive planning and scope definition: Lead the Architecture Plan and Roadmap (APR) discovery and validation stage in collaboration with the Senior Solution Architect.
• Manage commercial deliverables: Coordinate Statements of Work (SOWs) across architecture planning, design, individual delivery work packages and Phase 1 support.
• Oversee infrastructure work packages: Coordinate the design and delivery of infrastructure capabilities spanning servers, storage, backup and recovery, identity and access management, DNS/DHCP, endpoint protection, patching, network and infrastructure management, controlled file transfer and associated enterprise integrations.
• Coordinate technical teams and vendors: Lead delivery across solution architects, engineers, vendors and specialist security resources, ensuring alignment between technical designs and program outcomes.
• Manage financial performance: Track effort, expenditure, forecasts, procurement dependencies and variations against approved baselines, maintaining accurate time-and-materials reporting.
• Establish effective governance: Drive RAID management, weekly status reporting, steering committee papers, financial reporting, change control and decision registers.
• Manage implementation and operational risk: Coordinate change approvals, releases and implementation activities affecting live services, minimising disruption to business-critical operations.
• Drive operational readiness: Ensure testing, training, documentation, support arrangements, acceptance criteria and handover requirements are completed ahead of the transition to Phase 1 support and operations.
• Maintain compliance and scope discipline: Work with technical and security specialists to support compliance objectives, maintain required delivery evidence and ensure additional scope proceeds through appropriate discovery and approval processes.

Skills and Experience

• A recognised project management qualification, such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent.
• Proven experience managing complex ICT infrastructure projects across areas such as data centres, servers, storage, networking, identity, cloud or enterprise platforms.
• Demonstrated experience delivering multi-vendor infrastructure programs of comparable scale, including services valued at approximately $1.5 million.
• Strong commercial and financial management skills, including SOW management, budgeting, forecasting, procurement dependencies and variations.
• Proven capability in integrated project planning, risk and issue management, governance, executive reporting and change control.
• Sufficient technical understanding of enterprise infrastructure, identity and network management to challenge assumptions, validate estimates and manage technical dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise status reports, steering committee papers and decision records.
• A calm, decisive and pragmatic approach to resolving delivery challenges and meeting demanding deadlines.

Desirable Experience

• Experience within energy, utilities, telecommunications or other critical infrastructure environments.
• Exposure to Operational Technology (OT), segregated infrastructure environments or infrastructure separation programs.
• Experience in cybersecurity delivery, security architecture or compliance frameworks such as the Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act, AESCSF or Essential Eight.
• Familiarity with enterprise platforms and shared services such as ServiceNow, Dynamics 365, Active Directory, Infoblox, Secret Server and Splunk On-Call.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to take a leading role in a significant infrastructure transformation for a Queensland energy and telecommunications client. You will have ownership of a complex, business-critical delivery program, work alongside experienced technical specialists and coordinate multiple delivery partners to establish a new infrastructure environment and transition priority capabilities into operation.